Prat 3.0
In loving memory of Jon Akthar (Sylvanaar)
Hello WoW community, I'm LuciferCatnip, Sylvanaar was my coworker and my mentor. It goes without saying that Jon was an amazingly talented individual. He always seemed to know everything… but he once said to me "It's not about knowing the answers, it's about asking the right questions", he always challenged me to ask me the right questions until I would arrive at the answer on my own terms. Jon was also a champion of the open source movement, and so with special thanks to Gil from Curseforge as well as Sylvanaar's family, there's no better way to honor Sylvanaar's legacy than to keep his project going strong in the community.
If you'd like to help maintain Prat, please reach out to MysticalOS or LuciferCatnip directly. Thank you so much.
About
Prat-3.0 is a chat enhancement addon for World of Warcraft.
It is made up of 30+ smaller "modules" which each provide additional functionality, and can be enabled or disabled individually.
In game, type /prat for a menu. Or use the icon on one of the many data broker hosts.
Prat has just about every feature you can think of, and then some. Really. When I get some more time, I'll try and put together a full list (Even I have lost count)
(Thanks to Dreamsight for this partial list)
- Sync your chat settings across your account (Beta)
 - Machine learning powered spam filter (Beta)
 - Change arrows, buttons, mouse scroll for chat scroll, scroll speed
 - you can add player color per channel, color per level, color per class
 - timestamps (styled)
 - whether to show timestamp (what format the timestamp should be in)
 - whether to show players level
 - you can select the option for channel "stickys" (last channel you used you auto use when hitting enter, that sort of thing – or last thing someone said)
 - change the looks of the chat's editbox - as well as where it appears (you can even undock it and move it to where you'd like it to be)
 - chat fading, fading delay
 - You can change the font to a list of fonts, add an outline to it, monochrome it (if you don’t mind messing with files a bit you could probably even add other fonts to that list)
 - change the chat frame/chat box appearance
 - Keep chat history between game sessions
 - Set channel abbreviations
 - set brackets and color(or something instead of brackets)round player/lvl
 - alt invite option (press keyboard “alt” button and click on the player’s name to auto inv them)
 - raid icon
 - invite links - click them to invite the person
 - URL copying
 - Full chat copying + copy button
 - Click timestamp to copy line
 - Configurable alerts when your name or other word is mentioned
 - enables tell target /tt which whispers your target
 - Alias options - make macros into short commands
 - See names of players Alt characters
 - change chat sounds (incoming and outgoing as well as per channel)
 - Achievements info and grats
 - Full chat search and search box
 - Customizable filters for advanced users
 - Show item icon next to item links and player class icon next to player names
 - Icon-only options for newcomers chat
 - Optional flashing or font color change for chat tabs when a new message comes in.
 
You can enable/disable all Prat modules - don't have to have the ones you don't use running
While trying to reduce resource utilization, it is also important to note that some people prefer the features, and don't care that an addon uses 500k more.

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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Posted Nov 30, 2012how can i remove the time on chat ?
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Posted Nov 29, 2012I have a wierd issue where all mt chat scoll buttons are appearing on the right side of chat windows regardless of where those windows are oriented on the screen.
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Posted Nov 29, 2012Is there any chance an alignment option can be added? Or am I just not looking closely enough to find it :). I'd like to align my text to the right rather than the standard left. Thanks for considering, and thanks for an otherwise great addon!
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Posted Nov 28, 2012also not coloring class titles.
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Posted Nov 28, 2012Totally need an update to shorten Instance channel stamp.
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Posted Nov 28, 2012Message: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:401: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) Time: 11/28/12 22:27:13 Count: 1 Stack: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:401: in function `Stickum' Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:291: in function `OnModuleEnable' Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:182: in function <Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:174> (tail call): ? [C]: ? [string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:5> (tail call): ? ...\AtlasLoot_Loader\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:543: in function `EnableAddon' ...\AtlasLoot_Loader\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:556: in function `EnableAddon' ...\AtlasLoot_Loader\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:636: in function <...\AtlasLoot_Loader\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:621> [C]: in function `LoadAddOn' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:299: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:322: in function `CombatLog_LoadUI' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:692: in function <Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:657>
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Posted Nov 28, 2012Should be the "History" module.
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Posted Nov 28, 2012I'm trying to figure out how to get back an option I lost.
Before I reset my UI for Pandaria, my prat was set up so that even if I logged off - the conversations I was having before logging off would still be there. Since reinstalling my whole UI a month or two ago, I don't have this option anymore. Now, if I log off - my chat is blank upon logging back in and all old chat is lost.
Anyone know which element or option I need to enable to get this working again? thx!
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Posted Nov 28, 2012Yes, please. Tired of endless orange spam, I can barely even read it. I'm so spoiled.
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Posted Nov 29, 2012Do you think this is also why I see "You are not in a raid" or "You are not in a party" spam if we ready check while in dungeon finder/ raid finder? (I can't tell if it's Prat or another addon.)
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Posted Nov 28, 2012Since the latest patch update I do not like the new "Instance" channel which replaced party channel which blizzard has changed. will there be an update that will allow us to edit this new [Instance] channel?
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Posted Nov 27, 2012i want my porky font back, its gone!
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Oh yes, update just in time for raid. I should kiss you!
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Posted Nov 27, 2012This addon is creating issues with Tidy Plates: Threat Plates as well.
TPTP will not load until this add-on is disabled.
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Posted Nov 27, 2012on loading...
3x Prat-3.0-3.5.1\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:401: attempt to index field "?" (a nil value)
Prat-3.0-3.5.1\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:401: in function "Stickum"
Prat-3.0-3.5.1\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:291: in function "OnModuleEnable"
Prat-3.0-3.5.1\addon\modules.lua:182: in function <Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:174>
(tail call): ?
<in C code>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":9: in function <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":5
(tail call): ?
AckisRecipeList-2.4.2\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-11.lua:543: in function "EnableAddon"
AckisRecipeList-2.4.2\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-11.lua:556: in function "EnableAddon"
AckisRecipeList-2.4.2\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-11.lua:636: in function <AckisRecipeList\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:621>
<in C code>
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:299: in function "UIParentLoadAddOn"
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:373: in function "TimeManager_LoadUI"
FrameXML\UIParent.lua:690: in function <FrameXML\UIParent.lua:657>
Locals:
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Thanks for the tip, this worked perfectly for me.
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Can eliminate errors for now if you disable the ChannelSticky module.
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Message: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:401: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) Time: 11/27/12 12:26:21 Count: 1 Stack: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:401: in function `Stickum' Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:291: in function `OnModuleEnable' Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:182: in function (tail call): ? [C]: ? [string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:9: in function (tail call): ? ...\AddOns\DataStore\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:543: in function `EnableAddon' ...\AddOns\DataStore\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:556: in function `EnableAddon' ...\AddOns\DataStore\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:636: in function [C]: in function `LoadAddOn' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:299: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:373: in function `TimeManager_LoadUI' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:690: in function Locals:
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Posted Nov 27, 2012Lots of error with this new patch :/
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Posted Nov 25, 2012the /gr feature of the addon isn't working and conflicts with other addons when it is tried.